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UMTED STATES 4PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES C..KIMSEY,

-BOTTLE COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA,

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Specification of Letters Patent.

OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN PAPER PENNSYLVANIALA CORPORATION O F PENN- l PAPER Box on CONTAINER.

Patented March 17, 1908.

Original application led. October 8, 1904, Serial No. 227,677. Divided and thi: application led March 17, 1906.

' Serial Nov 306,669.v

'To all 'whom it may co'rwern:

Be it known that I, JAMES C. Kmsar, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Paper Boxes or Containers, (being a division of my a plication filed October 8, 1964, under rial No.

' 227,c77,) of which the following is a specifiments in pa g cation.

My invention relates to certain improvel er boxes or containers in which a metallic ring is used to secure the-head or closure to the body- -of the box.

The present a plication is a division of an application le y me on -the 8th dayof October 1904, Serial Number 227,677.

vThe object of my invention is.to provide an effective means for firmly" attaching a paper head or closureto the paper body of the ox. This object I attain in the following manner, reference beingflhad to the accompanying drawings, in w `ch:-

F1 re l, is a side view, partly in section, of a x illustratinglmyinvention; Figs. 2,3 and 4, are views s owing diiferent steps in securing the head or closure tothe bo y of the box, the figures being enlarged to more clearly illustrate m invention; Figs. 5 and 6, are vlews of modi cations of my invention; and Fig. 7, is a. diagram view showing the method of attaching the ring and head to the ent instance body portion. v 1

A is the bod of the box made in the presom la single sheet of pa er rolled on a suitable form and pasted so t at the laps are firmly secured together, forming usually c three-ply body, but the number of plys or thicknesses of paper will depend upon the size of the box: and for what use it is intended. The body is usually cut from a l^ng tube, the cut making the sharp corners illustrated in the drawings.

B is a metallic ring for securing the head to the box, this ring has va straight innerv {iange b and a shorter outer flange b', the end of the inner iiange is turned inwards to form a supporting and stiffening member t.

-D is the head or closure of the box made of comparatively thin paper, celluloid or other suitable material which can be readily '.an ed' without breaking when being ap-y plie to the body of the box.

C is a supplementary cover for closing the box when the head D is broken, and also acts as a support for the fragile head when thm paper'is used, both against pressure of the contents of the box and against outside pressure.

The ring B, head D and cover C usually form the top or. cover section of' the box. The head D( of the bottom is secured to the body A by a ring B similar to the ring B and is clenched in the same manner, butin place of roviding the detachable support C, I pre erably make the bottom head in two secmade of thin and pliable\`paper, while the other section d2 can be made of thin cardboard if necessary. The ring B secures both sections in place, as vclearly illustrated in Fig. 4, the heavier section being mounted "between the member b of the ring and the section d?.

. In assembling the box I `first make the 'body ortion in the man-ner set forth, the body eing plain without ribs .or `flanges at either end, asI shown in Fig. 3. The bottom head D is placedin position, the thin or'- tion overla ping the end of the body. he ring QBv is t en applied, forcing the head into the box and formmg a ange on the head between the innerflange b of the ring and the inner surface of the body, the outer edge 0f and clam ed thereto by the outer Bange of the ring whichis embedded in the outer Wall of the bod as shown in Fig. 4... After osition, as shown in ig. 2, its e ge overapping the end of the body A, the ring B is then applied forcing the head D into the box, as shown in Fig. 4, forming a {'lange on the -head which is held between the inner iange b of the ring and. the inner surface of the bod A, while a ortion of the head D exten s over the en of thel body and laps onto the outer surface, as shown i'n said Fig. 3, inside the outer fiange b ofthe ring which, when crimped and embedded in the body as illustrated in Fig. 4, firmly holds the head to the body and makes an air tight seal not only at the corner a. but at as the pressure to embed the iange b' is in the direction of the arrows 1 and 2, Fig. 7. l By making the outer flange less in depth than the inner flange I am enabled to crimp the head'lappingover the end of the body tions. By this means one section can be the boxis fille the to 'head D is laced in l A In some instances Il may extend the head or tough material.

the ou ter flange so as to force it into the body ofthe box on a diagonal line, as indicated by arrow 1, Fig. 7, the top and inner edge of the ring acting as supports for the bod thus a tight joint at the corner m is secure ,-as well as at the oints and After t ie ring has been attached by embedding its outer flange into the body of the box the supporting cover C is forced into the ring until 1t rests upon 'the portion b2, this cover is a neat fit so that it will not work loose and is provided with a tab so that it can be readily withdrawn. The cover C acts as a support for the thin paper head D yet does not come in direct contact with it, being separated by the portion b2 of the metallic ring.

Iii some instances when it is desired to fill the box from the bottom the to head is paced in position first and after t ie box 1s led the bottom is secured.. The box is usually sent from the factory with one head in place and 4the other head loose, which is glaced in position by the packer of the box.

uitable tools ma be rovided for the acker so as to readily app y the head to the ody of the box.

or closure D only over the end of the body portion A, as shown in Fig. 5, and this while not .making .as perfect a seal as the form shown in Fig. 4, will make a seal which will answer, in many-cases. In some instances the projection of the inner flange of the ring Bl may be dispensed with, as shown in Fig. 6, especially when the cover is made of strong While I have shown, in the main figures, a container having both bottom and top heads, it will be understood that the invention can be carried out in a container having only one fixed head, such as a pa er tumbler or bottle, in this case the head form the bottom of the tumbler or bottle.

It -will be seen by the above description that I ain enabled to make a pa er box in which the body portion as well as t e top and bottom are entirel of paper, and I secure each closure to the body portion by a narrow metallic ring which acts only as a means for securing` the closure to the bodyportion.

I claim: 1. The combination in ,a box, of a body of g yielding material, a flexible closure extending into the body ortion, and having a l flange on a line para lel with the inner surl face of the body, and a lateral flange extendi ing over the end of the body, a metallic ring for securing the closure to the body, said ring i having an inner flan e on a line parallel with l the inner surface o the body, said flange holding the flange of the closure snug against the inner surface of the body, said ring havl ssanaa ing a relatively short outer flange embedded in the yielding. body, substantially as described.

2. The combination in a box, of' a paper body having straight sides and sharp corners, a paper closureniounted within the bod and having a flange on a lineparallel wit the inner surface of the body and the edge of the closure being turned down over the outer edge of the body portion of the box, with a metallic ring having a straight lion-embedded inner flange holding the flange of the closure snug against the inner surface of the body, and a relatively short outer flange and having 'sharp corners at the junction of the flange with the body portion of the ring, the sharp corners of the bod and the overlying closure fitting the recess between the flan es of the bedded in the yiel ing body at such oint as to ress the yielding material of the ody and t e closure against the inner corner kof the ring, thereby insuring atight fit at that point, substantially as described.4

3. The combination in a box, of a body, a paper closure greater in diameter than the ody, a metallic ring having an inner and an outer flange, the inner flange having a projecting rim acting as a support for the closure and forming a seat, with a supplementary cover of heavy yielding material fitting snu ly within the ring and held to the seat by Iriction, said coverracting as a support for the .fixed closure before saidclosure is broken and acting as a cover when the eloring, the outer flange of the ring eing em lsure is broken, substantially as described.

4. The combination in a paper box, of a body portion of heavy paper, a closure of comparatively light paper, said closure bein mounted within the body of the box an having an annular flange extending arallel with the inner surface of the box, t e edge of the closure being turned down over the outer edge of the body portion of the box, a narrow metallic ring having an inner flange extending parallel with the inner surface of the box and clam iiig the flange of the paper closure against t ie ilxnci' walls' of the body portion and having en inturned rim, said ring having a short outer flan e excndin: over the edge of the body portion and eme bedded with the ed e of the closure in the said body portion, t e ring acting only as a means for securing the closure to the body portion, substantially as described` In testimony whereof, l have signed my name to this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES c. KIMSEY.

Witnesses;

WILL. A. BARR, Jos. H. KLEIN. 

